When the news began to circulate this weekend that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) died on Friday night from pancreatic cancer, the response to her passing created a metaphorical scale, with Democrats heaping thankfulness for her work as a civil rights supporter on one side, and right-wingers like Laura Loomer tossing disrespect on the other. Still, Loomer's efforts and those of others like her didn't tip the scale much.
Among her many achievements throughout her career, Jackson Lee is perhaps best known for helping to lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence, and for working to make sure that Juneteenth will forever be recognized as a national holiday, which President Joe Biden took time from his period of convalescence, after being diagnosed with COVID, to recognize.
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